"For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to be washed over with water as soon as possible, so that the bones are covered with a layer of sediment."

-- Richard Leakey

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“By observing natural scientific discoveries through a perception deepened by meditation, we can develop a new awareness of reality. This awareness could become the bedrock of a spirituality that is not based on the dogmas of a given religion, but on insights into a higher and deeper meaning. I am referring to the ability to recognize, to read, and to understand the firsthand revelations.”
“The break for me was the Medicare drug benefit in 2003. It's just grossly expensive, bad policy. After that, I no longer gave them the benefit of the doubt and started seeing the glass as half-empty.”
“Dreams come a couple sizes too big so you can grow into them.”
“She didn't know a lot about politics â€“ yet â€“ but she'd learned enough in her history classes to know politics could always be counted on to make a bad situation worse.”

Source : David Weber (2011). “A Beautiful Friendship”, p.172, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“There is always a subjective aspect in landscape art, something in the picture that tells us as much about who is behind the camera as about what is in front of it.”
“I have gone to [this bookshop] for years, always finding the one book I wanted - and then three more I hadnâ€™t known I wanted.”
“I'm always pointing things out to native New Yorkers that I think are weird about this place and their culture and all that. But I feel like my friends and family from California feel like I've totally "become a New Yorker."”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“If you can't see the bright side, why ya just need to polish the dull one.”

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